Category: Kolkata

West Bengal continues to have the long drawn process for rape victims seeking any help or recourse. Speaking to Hidden Pockets Collective about the process presently followed with rape victims, Dr. P.S.Chakravorthy, Head of the Department of Gynaecology at the IPGMER & SSKM hospital, Kolkata says, “The victims have to Read More

Atri Kar, a transwoman is a primary school teacher in Chandan Nagar. She got a job in 2014 before the NLSA (National Legal service authority) judgment of the Supreme Court with respect to transgender rights. The NALSA judgment simply states that ‘self-identification’ is more than enough if a person self-recognizes Read More

Pleasure, Politics & Pagalpan was a conference that happened on May 13 & 14, 2017, on ‘Sexuality, Rights and Persons with Psychosocial Disability’ co- convened by Anjali and ARROW (The Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women) with support from CREA. Speaking to Hidden Pockets about the conference, Ratnaboli Ray, Founder Read More

“I feel that people in this room are converted to their own ideologies. I have converted to what I believe in and necessarily not converted to what others believe in. When we talk to the converted, do we have common viewpoints on anything that we have talked about? When we Read More

Married for over 14 years now, Purnima was 28 when she was sent off to her parents’ home: soon after her wedding; since her husband had to leave domicile for work. After six months, when her husband returned home, in a moment of fun, Purnima had locked her husband out Read More

Anjali Mental Health Rights Organisation is a non-profit organisation working mainly in the area of mental health rights for over last 15 years. The organisation operates in 3 government run hospitals in West Bengal namely Pavlov Mental Hospital, Lumbini Park Mental Hospital, and Bahrampur Mental Hospital and also runs a Read More

Recently Hidden Pockets set out to find different sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in the city of joy, Kolkata. A primary research of the different health services provided in the city was done before the mapping exercise was undertaken. This research included Internet research and conversations with different individuals, Read More

The only time I have ever felt comfortable with being told that women ask for it was in an adult toy store in Kolkata. I was almost inspired and quite thrilled to learn that women in Kolkata had asked for adult toys even about two decades ago. “Fetish garments and Read More

It was a Tuesday morning that glowed with smiles, glamour, energy and confidence as six children walked on the ramp of SMAYAN at Vidya Mandir, Kolkata. The program conducted by Sushila Birla with the aim to promote inclusion and equality rights to education of each and every children cheered for Read More

Kolkata held its 15th Pride Walk on December 11, 2016. This is a photo story capturing the sentiments of the participants through the slogans carried by the marching crowd through the roads of Kolkata. Author Profile and Photo credit: Kaushik Gupta is a Read More